Pilot swears at passengers - gets tossed off plane. Leaving no one to fly the plane!!!
Northwest Airlines canceled a flight with 180
passengers aboard after the pilot began cursing at passengers while the plane
was being prepared for takeoff in Las Vegas.
Northwest Airlines canceled a flight with 180
passengers aboard after the pilot began cursing at passengers while the
plane was being prepared for takeoff in Las Vegas on Friday, airline officials
and witnesses said.
“He was having a fit, swearing up a storm,” a passenger on the flight said. “He was saying ‘F this’ and ‘F that.’” - to someone on his cellphone.
When confronted about it by passengers, the pilot became “obscene” and began cursing at the customers, she said. “He made a big disturbance.”
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and the local FAA flight standards office were notified, Gregor said. Police arrived on the scene, pulled the pilot aside and interviewed him. The FAA officials called Northwest Airlines headquarters.
The airline decided to remove the pilot from the aircraft and fly him to Detroit for further questioning. Northwest Airlines then canceled the flight, apologized for the delay and offered hotel accommodations and penalty-free re-booking on the next available flight out of Las Vegas, a spokesman for the airline said.
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“He was having a fit, swearing up a storm,” a passenger on the flight said. “He was saying ‘F this’ and ‘F that.’” - to someone on his cellphone.
When confronted about it by passengers, the pilot became “obscene” and began cursing at the customers, she said. “He made a big disturbance.”
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and the local FAA flight standards office were notified, Gregor said. Police arrived on the scene, pulled the pilot aside and interviewed him. The FAA officials called Northwest Airlines headquarters.
The airline decided to remove the pilot from the aircraft and fly him to Detroit for further questioning. Northwest Airlines then canceled the flight, apologized for the delay and offered hotel accommodations and penalty-free re-booking on the next available flight out of Las Vegas, a spokesman for the airline said.
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Posted: Sun - April 8, 2007 at 06:47 AM